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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeAbraham Ellison GARRETT
(1830-1907)
GARRETT, Abraham Ellison,
a Representative from Tennessee; born near Livingston, Overton
County, Tenn., March 6, 1830; attended the public schools and
Poplar Springs College, Kentucky; studied law; was admitted to the
bar and commenced practice in Livingston, Tenn.; also engaged in
agricultural pursuits; served as lieutenant colonel of the First
Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry, in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865;
member of the State house of representatives in 1865 and 1866;
elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4,
1871-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872;
resumed the practice of law in Carthage, Tenn., where he died
February 14, 1907; interment in Carthage Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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